January 15, 2016

// After being in Cambodia for 10 days, I was done. I had been on the road for about 3 months now and I didn't feel good. Like, you know that passion for traveling and adventures? That you just can't wait to see a new place and everything that you see is absolutely wonderful? In the past weeks in Cambodia I lost that feeling. Everything I did felt forced and honestly, after Vietnam I was having such a hard time enjoying my time in Cambdia. I did have fun and I still met amazing people there too, but I just wasn't as happy as I could've been. So what I needed was someone to remind me that this is my trip and I can do whatever I fucking want and if I'm not happy, I should do something about it. So I did and I decided to change the country and join some friends that I met in Vietnam and to put it simply, I took a little vacation from my vacation. After making the decision I got that travel excitement back again and I love this feeling! I'll definitely return to Cambodia when the time is right, but for me it just wasn't now. New adventures await!

// Time to leave Koh Rong and head over to its little sibling, Koh Rong Samloem. This island had only a few places to sleep at, few villages and zero wifi, not to mention any other luxuries. A true cast away island and a get-away from the rest of the world!

// It was extremely difficult for me to leave Vietnam after 6 amazing weeks. I enjoyed every moment and I can honestly say I left my heart in Vietnam. Luckily it's comforting to know that I can always go back. However I had to let go of Vietnam and continue towards new countries and new adventures. The first stop in Cambodia was the country's capital, Phnom Penh.

// It was very eerie to walk through the Killing Fields and listen to all the horrific happenings that occurred here only just so recently. Every fourth Cambodian was murdered in places like these. The tree here was called the Killing tree, where babies where murdered by holding them by their legs and throwing them against the tree..

Killing Fieldseiltä kaivetut luut on koottu yhteishautaan.

// The bones dug up from the Killing Fields are gathered in a shared grave.

// After a small mountain city it was time to move on to a "little" bigger city. Ho Chi Minh City, aka Saigon was quite a buzzling city. We had a rooftop terrace in our hostel and we spent several moments up there looking down at the never ending stream of cars, motorbikes and people and enjoyed gorgeous sunsets.

// While in Saigon, I didn't hardly do any turisty stuff, instead I took the city in as it is and enjoyed my time there. Exactly moments like these will bring before you weird things, such as a cock fight in front of KFC fast food restaurant in the middle of the day. Only in Asia...

// This time one of the blocks said to "change an article of clothing with another player". Luckily me and this Filipino guy had matching shirts and ended up changing them for the duration of the game...

// New year, new adventures! The year 2016 changed on the rooftop terrace of our hostel. We had good views over the skyscrapers and saw the fireworks in the distance. Our new year is not that widely celebrated in Asia, but there was a good party anyway.. We'll see what this year will bring with it!